On a fine, sunny day I walked the first half (13 miles) of the Clarendon Way, a long-distance walk linking Salisbury and Winchester. This first half starts at Salisbury and ends in the village of Broughton. There’s a lot of long, uphill sections – it was a demanding walk for someone of my age. I was constrained by the need to pick up the last bus out of Broughton to get to Winchester station and hence I couldn’t dawdle too much, having left Salisbury station at 11 in the morning. The last bus was at 4:10pm and only runs on a Saturday(!).
For the second half of the walk I intend catching a train to Winchester and then the bus back to Broughton to resume the rest of the walk towards Winchester, a distance of 14 or so miles.
In the Grey Hound pub at the end of the walk there were locals talking about shooting rabbits and hares – I was clearly in a rural area. The bus journey from Broughton to Winchester was a delight, passing through the attractive countryside as well as tiny hamlets. The bus was driven at breakneck speed on the straight road sections but otherwise had to carefully navigate narrow country roads and lanes.
I nearly trod on a snake – EEK – but what type of snake?
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